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2013 - Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 49 games and hit .266 with three home runs, 21 runs and 22 RBI ... Multi-position player who started 47 games at second base, one at third base and split time as closer with Bryan Roberts ... Had two game-winning hits in the eighth inning, with an RBI single vs. Penn State (5/12) and a two-run home run vs. Purdue (4/13) ... Knocked in game-winning run with an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth in Illinois' 5-4 comeback win vs. Penn State (5/12) ... Hit a home run in each game during sweep of Purdue, finishing the series 7-for-14 (.500) with three home runs, five runs & eight RBI while slugging 1.214 ... Belted game-winning home run with a two-run shot in the bottom of the eighth in the 6-4 win over Purdue (4/13) ... Went 3-for-5 with a career-high four RBI in the series finale vs. Purdue (4/14) ... Matched career high with two runs four times ... Pitched in 11 games, posted a 2.53 ERA, the lowest on the Illini, and had five saves ... Had eight strikeouts in 10.2 IP while only allowing eight hits, three earned runs and two walks ... Saved the final two games against Southern Illinois (3/16, 3/18), giving him five saves in five chances for the season, which was tied for ninth in the Big Ten ... Picked up back-to-back saves during the Baylor series (3/8-9), closing out a pair of one-run victories in Waco ... Recorded first save of the season vs. New Mexico State (2/23), pitching a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts ... Named to NCBWA Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List ... Has totaled eight career saves, which is tied for 11th in school history ... Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League during the summer. | Game-by-Game Stats
2012 - Redshirt Freshman: Named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball as a multiple-position player ... Named to the John Olerud Award watch list, which is given to the nation's top two-way player ... Played in and started 52 games on the season: 48 at second base, three at shortstop and one at pitcher ... Ranked seventh in the Big Ten in fielding double plays with 43 ... His 0.98 WHIP led all Illini pitchers with more than five innings pitched ... Allowed only two base runners in 5 1/3 innings during Big Ten play ... Opposing batters hit only .196 against him, .154 as a reliever ... He didn't allow a hit with two outs on the season ... He allowed only 2-of-13 leadoff hitters he faced to reach base ... The only earned run he allowed as a reliever came at Bradley (3/28) ... Made only three errors in Illinois' last 31 games ... Doubled and homered in his first two career at bats, respectively, going 2-for-2 with three RBIs, two runs and two walks in the season-opener against Notre Dame (2/17) ... Pitched a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts against No. 27 St. John's (2/19), his first collegiate pitching appearance ... Earned the win at Lamar (2/26) with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief ... Went 6-for-14 (.429) on Spring Trip with one RBI and four runs ... Was 4-for-8 with two RBIs and four runs in the two games he played of the Mississippi Valley State series ... Named Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week on 4/9 after hitting .467 (7-for-15) over previous four games ... Went 4-for-7 in the first two games of the Purdue series ... Recorded his first career three-hit game against Illinois State (4/17), going 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run ... Notched his first collegiate save against Michigan State (5/6) with a perfect ninth inning ... Struck out one in a perfect ninth inning against Minnesota (5/17) to earn a save ... Notched a save against Minnesota (5/18), keeping Illinois' postseason hopes alive ... Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League along with former Illini teammates Kevin Johnson, Jordan Parr and Justin Parr during the summer.2011 - Freshman: Redshirted the 2011 season following a knee injury suffered during 2010 fall practice ... Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League along with former Illini teammate Kevin Johnson during the summer.
Drafted in the 29th round as a catcher by the Atlanta Braves in the 2010 MLB First-Year Player Draft ... Ranked the No. 5 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report ... PBR lists him as the No. 2 defensive infielder and No. 6 hitter in the state ... Four-year starter hit .504 with 10 home runs in 2010 while going 12-0 on the mound with a 0.84 ERA ... Led Harrisburg to an IHSA Class 2A state runner-up finish in 2010 ... Named a Louisville Slugger All-American in 2010 ... Earned first-team All-State honors from the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association, the Chicago Tribune and Prep Baseball Report ... Hit .412 in 2007, .478 with six home runs and 13 doubles in 2008, and .425 with 46 walks in 2009 ... Four-time All-Southern Illinois selection by the Southern Illinois Baseball Coaches Association ... Four-time All-Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference selection ... Led Harrisburg to three consecutive SIRR conference championships from 2008-10 ... Member of Team Illinois ... In football, quarterbacked Harrisburg to SIRR (Ohio) conference championships and playoff appearances in 2008 and 2009 ... Led the Harrisburg basketball team to a regional title in 2008 as he made 73 three-pointers that season ... Also guided the Bulldogs to a basketball regional title in 2010 ... Earned 10 high school letters - four in baseball and three each in basketball and football.
Born Feb. 14, 1992 ... Parents are Jeff and Diana Roper ... Has one younger brother, Ryne, who is his teammate on the Illini ... Majoring in elementary education ... Father, Jeff, played baseball at Southeastern Illinois Junior College in 1984 ... Lists playing in the 2013 NCAA Nashville Regional as his biggest thrill in sports ... Honor roll student at Harrisburg H.S. ... Great-uncle Larry "Moose" Calufetti played baseball at Southern Illinois from 1970-73 for former SIU and Illinois head coach Richard "Itch" Jones ... Earned first place in the chemistry division at the WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) competition ... Was an academic peer tutor for math, chemistry and physics at Harrisburg ... Led Benton Junior High School to a state championship in eighth grade, striking out 17 in the title game ... Finished in the top five in the nation in the Elks "Hoop Shoot" free throw contest in 2005 ... Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter.
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ANCHOR PINTS for $ 1.99 – It's Tops ROCKS ! Really good HOMESTYLE BREAKFASTS And BURGERS. Did I say Burgers at @ 2:30 A.M. Yes It's Tops is OPEN 'til 3 A.M. Wed- Sat. & back up -one moment ... 8 P.M. til 11P.M. ANCHOR PINTS for $ 1.99 Whew I just love to Hip Hop in the Valencia - Mission Corridor. Thanks It's Tops ---- I'm There.
great late night comfort food with a few healthy choices too! – Where ya gonna eat after 11pm in this town? Not so many options and few that serve food you won't regret in the AM. It's Tops serves "the best pancakes and milkshakes" (that's a fact) and the rest of the menu beats all the other late nights spots by far. Get there before 2am for Anchor on tap. I like the grilled 7oz JoAnne's Salmon Sandwich (a steal at 11 bucks) but sometimes I breakdown and have a swiss patty melt -- I guess it just depends on how many Anchors I've had. Yeah, it's not the French Laundry but for late night cravings & an SF vibe there's no better place at 1am.
Horrible service, greasy food – A friend recommended I come here, so I took my sister and mother when they visited. Big mistake. This place is so run-down, inside and out. Very small dining area, the waitress (the ONE they had) didn't greet us, took forever to get our order, and the good took even longer to get to our table and it wasn't even that crowded. The hash browns were so burnt I could barely eat them. Save your money, go to Pork Store Cafe on Haight.
good food, bad waitress – The food here was excellent (a little pricey for standard diner fare) but the service was terrible! Our waitress was rude and inattentive. She pretty much ignored us though we tried to get her attention several times, preferring to sit at the counter and read rather than do her job. Be careful! Breakfast is delicious but it comes with a huge side of bad attitude.
Classic American lunch-counter fare served up fresh, friendly and long into the night. – The Scene
With its vintage deco sign, this treasured remnant of old San Francisco packs surprisingly roomy booths and a row of counter stools into a uniquely angled room, apparently redecorated circa 1972. Incongruous wood paneling and hanging macrame are offset by tabletop jukeboxes, framed '40s ads and the waitstaff's snazzy pink-and-black uniforms.
The Food
The classic American diner fare lives up to the best of the genre, with a few exceptions. Hotcakes are fluffy, soft and steaming, but a patty melt on rye can arrive burned black. Fried zucchini strips are crunchy outside, molten green inside. Soft, greasy fries taste like real potatoes instead of frozen diner spuds. Tangy, thick-cut sides of slaw and potato salad are clearly made according to some German grandma's recipe. For health-conscious eaters, a massive fruit bowl comes piled high with berry yogurt, chunks of just-cut pears and apples, dried berries, granola and juicy grapes.
Solid neighborhood place – It's Tops serves solid diner food, excellent pancakes, and has Anchor on tap. The staff might not always be chatty, but they have personality and have always treated me well. If you are looking for an honest diner meal, you won't do better in SF. Sure, you find a better burger elsewhere, but the reason to patronize this place is to spend a while in a homey, neighborhood joint with reliable dishes. If you go looking for a good vibe, and a pint, you'll find it.
Best waffles I ever had – While this place isn't cheap, the waffles (which are the thin American variety, not the oversized puffy Belgian) are stupendous--soft, tender, and flavorful. The staff was nice, even though my friends had a squawling baby (who they had to take outside and caused them to eat in shifts). The bacon wasn't very good (pretty burnt), but the waffles made up for it, and I left full and contented. I'd definitely go back next time I'm in town.
BAD food! – I have never had a god meal at It's Tops. In fact, I've spoken to at least 3 or 4 other people who have had similar bad luck with the food.
The staff is also not very friendly, though once in a while you get a server or counter person that isn't completely rude.
If you want a small diner feel, and you don't care about the quality or taste of the food, try this place out. If the food is importatnt, avoid it.
Favorite Restaurant – This is in my top five for favorite restaurants in San Francisco - and that is a highly coveted title. The quintessential fifties diner, though opened in the forties I think, serving up generous portions of comfort food. The touchdown breakfast can dispel any lingering hangover ailments if consumed by two pm. My biggest regret about eating breakfast here is that I'm always too full to stay for lunch. The burgers and french fries and chocolate shake are almost worth a few hours of reading the paper at the counter.
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July 17, 2013 – Yesterday, broadcast journalist Lisa Ling received a standing ovation from the audience at the second General Session at SNA's Annual National Conference (ANC) in Kansas City, Mo., after a riveting speech focusing on thinking about the consequences of actions, as well as taking the time to get to know the story of the people around you.
Ling, who said her career was influenced by other broadcast journalists such as Connie Chung, offered a number of anecdotes about children, including boys armed with machine guns in Afghanistan. It was experiences like these that evolved her career goal from "a desire to be on TV to have a better life to wanting to tell these stories," she said.
Although Ling's talk mostly focused on her adventures as an international journalist, she touched on the importance of the work of SNA members. "I truly applaud all of you for being here and taking the health of our children so seriously." During a question-and-answer segment, Ling also admitted that her favorite school lunch foods growing up were the least-healthy options, such as sloppy Joes. "It just goes to show how things have changed enormously," she added.
As for Oprah, with whom Ling works closely, as she show appears on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "Oprah is cool," Ling said, getting the question out the way early in the speech. "Oprah said to me once, because you have the welfare of so many kids in your hands, 'Now that you know, you can't pretend that you don't," she said.
But it wasn't just Ling who gripped the SNA membership -- Janey Thorton, USDA FNS deputy under secretary, provided a USDA update, during which she both acknowledged the challenges of the evolving regulations and praised school foodservice professionals. "Thank to your hard work … our reputation has changed, not just nationally, but internationally," Thornton said. She cited that as of the end of April, three-quarters of school districts had applied for 6 Cent Certification, while 50 percent were certified. She gave a special call-out to Colorado, which achieved 100 percent certification.
ANC wraps up today, Wednesday, July 17, with the Closing General Session, featuring keynote speaker Jarrett J. Krosoczka, the installation of the 2013-14 SNA president and board of directors and the final event, featuring country-rock singer Darius Rucker.
Can't get enough ANC excitement? Join SNA on Facebook and @SchoolLunch on Twitter to be part of the conference buzz—or simply add hashtag #ANC13 to your tweets and be part of the conference Twitter stream.
There is currently a major water main break in Prince Georges County where the SNA Headquarters office is located. The repairs are underway but are affecting hundreds of thousands of residents, in addition to hotels, restaurants, hospitals and offices.
Unfortunately, the county estimates it may take as long as four days to complete the repairs. During this time, the SNA office will be closed because the water supply has been shut down.
We will post an announcement as soon as the office reopens. Many SNA staff are still at ANC in Kansas City but you can reach them and other staff at their SNA email address. You can also leave a message on the main telephone number, 800-877-8822, and staff will return your call when the office reopens.
Thank you.
July 16, 2013 – School nutrition professionals now have a new resource to help plan school breakfast menus that meet new meal pattern requirements. SNA and Alliance for a Healthier Generation have teamed up to create "A Fresh Start for School Breakfast," a menu planning guide featuring suggested two-week cycle menus for breakfast in the classroom, grab and go, and traditional cafeteria breakfast programs. Nutrient analysis for all menus is included.
The new meal pattern requirements for school breakfast are being phased in over the course of two school years. These menus meet the upcoming school year goals (phase-in year 1) in addition to the 2014-15 school year goals. Schools must follow a food-based menu planning approach, meet calorie ranges, eliminate trans-fat and ensure half of all grains offered with breakfast are whole grain rich. "A Fresh Start for School Breakfast" helps ease the transition for school menu planners by providing student-friendly menu ideas that can fit into any style of breakfast operation.
On Tuesday, July 16, at 8:45 am, representatives from SNA and the Alliance presented the new menus and answered questions during an education session featuring the new guide at SNA's Annual National Conference (ANC) in Kansas City, Mo. Click here to download this new resource.
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About the National Office
Teen Challenge International, USA, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, provides leadership and services to the entire network of Teen Challenge ministries throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The Executive Director of Teen Challenge USA serves as a national representative and spokesman for the constituency of Teen Challenge ministries. The role of the National Office is to provide leadership by way of accreditation standards, curriculum distribution, a referral source for people who need Teen Challenge's services, training, and management assistance in order to enable each of the local Teen Challenge ministries to accomplish their mission.
Mission Statement
To provide youth, adults and families with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society. By applying biblical principles, Teen Challenge endeavors to help people become mentally-sound, emotionally-balanced, socially-adjusted, physically-well, and spiritually-alive.
Departments & Services
Accreditation standards have been developed for the purpose of providing a means to maintain the integrity and unity of the Teen Challenge ministries and to enable Teen Challenge to fulfill its purpose. The goals of accreditation are as follows:
- To ensure that the standards are a tool for facilitating quality and consistency in all Teen Challenge centers.
- To ensure the sovereignty and local control of each Teen Challenge center with minimum restrictions which are implemented for the legal, ethical and spiritual well being of all.
- To assist in providing a measure of public acceptance and approval, hopefully assisting in the center's public relations and fund-raising efforts, through the awarding of accreditation. A full-time Accreditation Manager is part of the National Office staff.
Curriculum Development & Training
The National Office provides assistance in training Teen Challenge staff by conducting national conferences, participating in regional conferences, and by developing training materials and sourcing instructors to conduct seminars to address specific staff training needs. A full-time Training and Curriculum Development Manager is part of the National Office staff.
We also manage the development, production and distribution of student curriculum materials that are used in the centers. Most of the educational content applies Biblical principles to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.
Sales & Promotions
Handles the production and sales of our Teen Challenge curriculum. A wide range of new Christian discipleship materials and staff training materials including Group Studies and Personal Studies for New Christians for students are available. Teen Challenge staff training resources exist to equip staff for their roles in helping students.
Teen Challenge USA also produces a quarterly newsletter, Miracles, for donors and a quarterly newsletter for Teen Challenge centers, Connections. There is also a line of promotional materials including brochures, video and the 50 Years of Miracles book.
Another role of the National Office is to serve as a referral source for people who need Teen Challenge's services. A national directory of Teen Challenge centers and services is updated weekly and the National Office responds to over five thousand telephone calls and e-mails every year from people seeking information about, or referral to, a Teen Challenge center.
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Along with the previously mentioned roles, the National Office strives to provide management assistance by helping the centers find answers to human resources issues, legal questions, IRS reporting, insurance questions and many other issues.
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The Global Internship Program provides an extraordinary opportunity for ministry students seeking a unique learning environment. An internship with Teen Challenge is a hands-on experience where the intern is assigned to an outreach that fits their learning goals and interests. Ministry-focused students often feel attracted to Teen Challenge internships because it represents an opportunity to live out their faith commitment in a real way. Typically, most interns are people who are looking for a learning experience that is "out of the box".
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A Devotional Series by Charles H. Spurgeon
Saturday, March 09, 2013
"Yea, he is altogether lovely." --Song of Solomon 5:16
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, he is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for he is the object of their warmest love, a love founded on the intrinsic excellence of his person, the complete perfection of his charms. Look, O disciples of Jesus, to your Master's lips, and say, "Are they not most sweet?" Do not his words cause your hearts to burn within you as he talks with you by the way? Ye worshippers of Immanuel, look up to his head of much fine gold, and tell me, are not his thoughts precious unto you? Is not your adoration sweetened with affection as ye humbly bow before that countenance which is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars? Is there not a charm in his every feature, and is not his whole person fragrant with such a savour of his good ointments, that therefore the virgins love him? Is there one member of his glorious body which is not attractive? --one portion of his person which is not a fresh lodestone to our souls? --one office which is not a strong cord to bind your heart? Our love is not as a seal set upon his heart of love alone; it is fastened upon his arm of power also; nor is there a single part of him upon which it does not fix itself. We anoint his whole person with the sweet spikenard of our fervent love. His whole life we would imitate; his whole character we would transcribe. In all other beings we see some lack, in him there is all perfection. The best even of his favoured saints have had blots upon their garments and wrinkles upon their brows; he is nothing but loveliness. All earthly suns have their spots: the fair world itself hath its wilderness; we cannot love the whole of the most lovely thing; but Christ Jesus is gold without alloy light without darkness--glory without cloud-- "Yea, he is altogether lovely."


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Artists share their Christmas spirit
Arts: Okotoks Art Gallery showcases local artisans
By: Tammy Rollie
| Posted: Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013 08:23 am
kotokians into the spirit of Christmas by showcasing their one-of-a-kind creations in the Okotoks Art Gallery.
The Spirit of Christmas Market, showcased in the large gallery since Nov. 15, features wares from approximately 40 Calgary and foothills artists including jewelry, ornaments, photographs, paintings, pottery, cards, wood work, metal work and stained glass.
Among the art displayed is stained glass and metal work by long-time Okotoks artist Shirley Paradis.
The 72-year-old Okotokian said the market is a great way to showcase local talent in the community and keep residents shopping locally. She displayed her art in the inaugural market last fall as well.
�It�s a really neat place to do your Christmas shopping because everything is original and you�re never going to see the same thing anywhere else,� she said. �Every time I make something it�s different.�
Paradis said her stained glass work has been well received by visitors to the gallery. She figures it�s the unique touches she makes incorporating flowers and animals made of copper, bronze, gold and other metals into the stained glass.
What she enjoys most about the market is the Christmas feel. The spirit of the season is enhanced with 14 decorated trees in the gallery, she said.
�It�s like a beautiful Christmas store,� she said. �It�s a nice environment to show in and a nice environment to sell in.�
Okotoks photographer Anne Durocher-Weston has a variety of photographs included in the market she and husband Mark took. The couple owns and operates Sheep River Photography in Okotoks.
Durocher-Weston said she finds the market a great way to get local shoppers into the downtown core.
�Everyone should come down and have a look and do their shopping here,� she said.
According to Town of Okotoks visitor services specialist Andrea Spiers, many are exploring the market.
Spiers said people are browsing through the market every day. Light Up Okotoks alone brought more than 1,000 people into the gallery.
Last year�s market took place in December, but Spiers expanded it another three weeks to incorporate Light Up Okotoks.
�That�s really when Christmas starts in Okotoks is with Light Up,� she said. �We�re going to continue doing that next year, too, and have it open before Light Up.�
�It�s almost like a big Christmas gift shop in a way with all local art and just a big shopping exhibit,� Spiers said. �It�s always different every year because the artists are always making new things every year.
All items exhibited are priced at $200 and lower.
Also getting people into the spirit of Christmas is the Tree of Warmth in the large gallery. The tree is decorated with new scarves, toques, gloves, socks and jackets donated by Okotokians for people in need, said Spiers. The Spirit of Christmas Market ends on Dec. 14.
The exhibit Dear Little Friends, created by Red Deer ceramic artist Alysse Bowd, is displayed in the small gallery. The exhibit is filled with whimsical ceramic pieces Bowd transformed into three-dimensional, colourful characters from ink drawn postcards.
The purpose of these little characters is to deliver notes, thoughts and warmth using various modes of transportation.
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Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Fact Sheet)
Learn about how anxiety disorders affect children and adolescents and the direction of future research.
Depression in Children and Adolescents (Fact Sheet)
Learn about how depression affects children and adolescents and the direction of future research.
The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction
Learn about changes in the brain that occur during the teen years, and the significance of this stage of development.
For more than twenty years, National Institute of Mental Health neuroscientist Dr. Jay Giedd has studied the development of the adolescent brain. Decades of imaging work have led to remarkable insight and a more than a few surprises.
The Developing Brain: What it Means for Treating Adolescents
On May 10, 2012, NIMH sponsored a videocast panel of children's mental health researchers.
Our expert panel featured:
Jay Giedd, M.D., Chief, Unit on Brain Imaging in the Child Psychiatry Branch, Division of Intramural Research Programs, NIMH.
Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University and Director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
Jason D. Mathison, MA, CAGS, NCSP, ABSNP Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP) for Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) in Prince George's County, Maryland.
The panel was moderated by Christopher Sarampote, Ph.D. Discussion was led by Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.
Twitter Chat on the Teen Brain
On March 14, 2013, NIMH had a Twitter chat on the teen brain with Dr. Jay Giedd in honor of Brain Awareness Week. Read the transcript.
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VoltDB and H-Store
Analysis of OLTP DBMS research project H-Store and its commercialization VoltDB. Related subjects include:
- Key H-Store researcher and VoltDB company founder Michael Stonebraker
- OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) database management
- Memory-centric data management
- Parallelization
- Vertica Systems, which is incubating VoltDB
Comments on the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems
The 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems is out. "Operational" seems to be Gartner's term for what I call short-request, in each case the point being that OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) is a dubious term when systems omit strict consistency, and when even strictly consistent systems may lack full transactional semantics. As is usually the case with Gartner Magic Quadrants:
- I admire the raw research.
- The opinions contained are generally reasonable (especially since Merv Adrian joined the Gartner team).
- Some of the details are questionable.
- There's generally an excessive focus on Gartner's perception of vendors' business skills, and on vendors' willingness to parrot all the buzzphrases Gartner wants to hear.
- The trends Gartner highlights are similar to those I see, although our emphasis may be different, and they may leave some important ones out. (Big omission — support for lightweight analytics integrated into operational applications, one of the more genuine forms of real-time analytics.)
Anyhow: Read more
Introduction to Deep Information Sciences and DeepDB
I talked Friday with Deep Information Sciences, makers of DeepDB. Much like TokuDB — albeit with different technical strategies — DeepDB is a single-server DBMS in the form of a MySQL engine, whose technology is concentrated around writing indexes quickly. That said:
- DeepDB's indexes can help you with analytic queries; hence, DeepDB is marketed as supporting OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) and analytics in the same system.
- DeepDB is marketed as "designed for big data and the cloud", with reference to "Volume, Velocity, and Variety". What I could discern in support of that is mainly:
- DeepDB has been tested at up to 3 terabytes at customer sites and up to 1 billion rows internally.
- Like most other NewSQL and NoSQL DBMS, DeepDB is append-only, and hence could be said to "stream" data to disk.
- DeepDB's indexes could at some point in the future be made to work well with non-tabular data.*
- The Deep guys have plans and designs for scale-out — transparent sharding and so on.
*For reasons that do not seem closely related to product reality, DeepDB is marketed as if it supports "unstructured" data today.
Other NewSQL DBMS seem "designed for big data and the cloud" to at least the same extent DeepDB is. However, if we're interpreting "big data" to include multi-structured data support — well, only half or so of the NewSQL products and companies I know of share Deep's interest in branching out. In particular:
- Akiban definitely does. (Note: Stay tuned for some next-steps company news about Akiban.)
- Tokutek has planted a small stake there too.
- Key-value-store-backed NuoDB and GenieDB probably leans that way. (And SanDisk evidently shut down Schooner's RDBMS while keeping its key-value store.)
- VoltDB, Clustrix, ScaleDB and MemSQL seem more strictly tabular, except insofar as text search is a requirement for everybody. (Edit: Oops; I forgot about Clustrix's approach to JSON support.)
Edit: MySQL has some sort of an optional NoSQL interface, and hence so presumably do MySQL-compatible TokuDB, GenieDB, Clustrix, and MemSQL.
Also, some of those products do not today have the transparent scale-out that Deep plans to offer in the future.
NewSQL thoughts
I plan to write about several NewSQL vendors soon, but first here's an overview post. Like "NoSQL", the term "NewSQL" has an identifiable, recent coiner — Matt Aslett in 2011 — yet a somewhat fluid meaning. Wikipedia suggests that NewSQL comprises three things:
- OLTP- (OnLine Transaction Processing)/short-request-oriented SQL DBMS that are newer than MySQL.
- Innovative MySQL engines.
- Transparent sharding systems that can be used with, for example, MySQL.
I think that's a pretty good working definition, and will likely remain one unless or until:
- SQL-oriented and NoSQL-oriented systems blur indistinguishably.
- MySQL (or PostgreSQL) laps the field with innovative features.
To date, NewSQL adoption has been limited.
- NewSQL vendors I've written about in the past include Akiban, Tokutek, CodeFutures (dbShards), Clustrix, Schooner (Membrain), VoltDB, ScaleBase, and ScaleDB, with GenieDB and NuoDB coming soon.
- But I'm dubious whether, even taken together, all those vendors have as many customers or production references as any of 10gen, Couchbase, DataStax, or Cloudant.*
That said, the problem may lie more on the supply side than in demand. Developing a competitive SQL DBMS turns out to be harder than developing something in the NoSQL state of the art.
Many kinds of memory-centric data management
I'm frequently asked to generalize in some way about in-memory or memory-centric data management. I can start:
- The desire for human real-time interactive response naturally leads to keeping data in RAM.
- Many databases will be ever cheaper to put into RAM over time, thanks to Moore's Law. (Most) traditional databases will eventually wind up in RAM.
- However, there will be exceptions, mainly on the machine-generated side. Where data creation and RAM data storage are getting cheaper at similar rates … well, the overall cost of RAM storage may not significantly decline.
Getting more specific than that is hard, however, because:
- The possibilities for in-memory data storage are as numerous and varied as those for disk.
- The individual technologies and products for in-memory storage are much less mature than those for disk.
- Solid-state options such as flash just confuse things further.
Consider, for example, some of the in-memory data management ideas kicking around. Read more
Soundbites: the Facebook/MySQL/NoSQL/VoltDB/Stonebraker flap, continued
As a follow-up to the latest Stonebraker kerfuffle, Derrick Harris asked me a bunch of smart followup questions. My responses and afterthoughts include:
- Facebook et al. are in effect Software as a Service (SaaS) vendors, not enterprise technology users. In particular:
- They have the technical chops to rewrite their code as needed.
- Unlike packaged software vendors, they're not answerable to anybody for keeping legacy code alive after a rewrite. That makes migration a lot easier.
- If they want to write different parts of their system on different technical underpinnings, nobody can stop them. For example …
- … Facebook innovated Cassandra, and is now heavily committed to HBase.
- It makes little sense to talk of Facebook's use of "MySQL." Better to talk of Facebook's use of "MySQL + memcached + non-transparent sharding." That said:
- It's hard to see why somebody today would use MySQL + memcached + non-transparent sharding for a new project. At least one of Couchbase or transparently-sharded MySQL is very likely a superior alternative. Other alternatives might be better yet.
- As noted above in the example of Facebook, the many major web businesses that are using MySQL + memcached + non-transparent sharding for existing projects can be presumed able to migrate away from that stack as the need arises.
Continuing with that discussion of DBMS alternatives:
- If you just want to write to the memcached API anyway, why not go with Couchbase?
- If you want to go relational, why not go with MySQL? There are many alternatives for scaling or accelerating MySQL — dbShards, Schooner, Akiban, Tokutek, ScaleBase, ScaleDB, Clustrix, and Xeround come to mind quickly, so there's a great chance that one or more will fit your use case. (And if you don't get the choice of MySQL flavor right the first time, porting to another one shouldn't be all THAT awful.)
- If you really, really want to go in-memory, and don't mind writing Java stored procedures, and don't need to do the kinds of joins it isn't good at, but do need to do the kinds of joins it is, VoltDB could indeed be a good alternative.
And while we're at it — going schema-free often makes a whole lot of sense. I need to write much more about the point, but for now let's just say that I look favorably on the Big Four schema-free/NoSQL options of MongoDB, Couchbase, HBase, and Cassandra.
An odd claim attributed to Mike Stonebraker
This post has a sequel.
Last week, Mike Stonebraker insulted MySQL and Facebook's use of it, by implication advocating VoltDB instead. Kerfuffle ensued. To the extent Mike was saying that non-transparently sharded MySQL isn't an ideal way to do things, he's surely right. That still leaves a lot of options for massive short-request databases, however, including transparently sharded RDBMS, scale-out in-memory DBMS (whether or not VoltDB*), and various NoSQL options. If nothing else, Couchbase would seem superior to memcached/non-transparent MySQL if you were starting a project today.
*The big problem with VoltDB, last I checked, was its reliance on Java stored procedures to get work done.
Pleasantries continued in The Register, which got an amazing-sounding quote from Mike. If The Reg is to be believed — something I wouldn't necessarily take for granted — Mike claimed that he (i.e. VoltDB) knows how to solve the distributed join performance problem. Read more
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Traditional databases will eventually wind up in RAM
In January, 2010, I posited that it might be helpful to view data as being divided into three categories:
- Human/Tabular data –i.e., human-generated data that fits well into relational tables or arrays.
- Human/Nontabular data — i.e., all other data generated by humans.
- Machine-Generated data.
I won't now stand by every nuance in that post, which may differ slightly from those in my more recent posts about machine-generated data and poly-structured databases. But one general idea is hard to dispute:
Traditional database data — records of human transactional activity, referred to as "Human/Tabular data above" — will not grow as fast as Moore's Law makes computer chips cheaper.
And that point has a straightforward corollary, namely:
It will become ever more affordable to put traditional database data entirely into RAM. Read more
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Some quick notes on HP-Vertica
HP is acquiring Vertica. Read more
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Notes and links October 22, 2010
A number of recent posts have had good comments. This time, I won't call them out individually.
Evidently Mike Olson of Cloudera is still telling the machine-generated data story, exactly as he should be. The Information Arbitrage/IA Ventures folks said something similar, focusing specifically on "sensor data" …
… and, even better, went on to say: Read more
I'm collecting data points on NoSQL and HVSP adoption
I was asked to do a magazine article on NoSQL, where by "NoSQL" is meant "whatever they talk about at NoSQL conferences." By now the number of publications planning to run the article is up to 2, the deadline is next week and, crucially, it has been agreed that I may talk about HVSP in general, NoSQL and SQL alike.
It also is understood that, realistically, I can't be expected to know and mention the very latest news for all the many products in the categories. Even so, I think this would be fine time to check just where NoSQL and HVSP adoption stand. Here is most of what I know, or links to same; it would be great if you guys would contribute additional data in the comment thread.
In the NoSQL area: Read more
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Steve Smith is vice president for education. The club has an educator of the month and, since Smith is on the city school board, the other members felt that it would be best if he handled that part of the club's work. He will also be a liaison for the Key Club at Jacksonville and Pleasant Valley high schools, which is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.
"Smith will focus on our relationship with the schools and, since our primary function in Kiwanis is trying to encourage and support young people, that's very important to us," said Wilson.
Dick Bell is vice president for projects. Bell organizes the club's pancake meals which are usually in March and is the club's primary fundraiser. Bell is a charter member of the club.
"It's much smaller than the Anniston and Gadsden events, which raise thousands of dollars, but ours is important to us because it's a primary source for the things we do for young people," said Wilson. "We've also, in the past, provided scholarships, and we hope to continue to do that."
Wilson credits Bob Ford, secretary/treasurer, as being the most important officer.
"He's the guy who has a lot of responsibility for the club and keeps up with everything financial," said Wilson. "And he arranges our meals."
Wilson believes there are several reasons why membership has dropped, including illness, death, family changes and employment situations.
He said the club has lost at least four members due to health reasons and three others who died.
"We've had some members whose jobs have taken them away," he said. "It hasn't been more than five years that we've had 25 active members. Also, people are busy, or they are reluctant to join a club. If they have young children, they're involved in a lot of sports and other activities during the week, or they might be involved in their church and they don't want to take on anything else."
Wilson said that the remaining members have discussed changing the time and date of the meetings and would be happy to do so if that would help. Meetings are currently at noon the first and third Wednesdays at the Community Center. Meals are catered.
Wilson said there is a possibility that the remaining members will have to use social media more to make everyone aware that there is a Kiwanis Club.
"We're going to also have to make more personal contacts," he said. "I think we've thought that Jacksonville is our only source of members, because we're in Jacksonville, but we may have to invite people from surrounding communities. Distance doesn't seem to be a problem for a lot of people if they're willing to be involved."
Consideration is also being made to lowering the dues.
"It's possible that there are some people on a fixed income who would join our club if our dues were less," said Wilson. "So, we're going to find a way to do that. We hope that will make our club more attractive."
He encourages those who are retired to consider becoming a member.
"If they're still active, it would give them a meaningful activity, something they can enjoy doing while being a part of a group of very interesting and committed citizens."
He said the club has good programs with professionals who speak.
"If people will come, they'll hear an interesting speaker," he said.
Kiwanians have provided service to the Jacksonville in many ways. They've provided scholarships, underwritten costs for young people to attend leadership workshops and attend state and national conventions.
Members have a food drive each year for the Jacksonville Christian Outreach Center. They clean highways, maintain the Kiwanis walking trail and the pavilion at Germania Springs, sponsor sports teams for children, pick up litter, and landscape schools.
"So, now, we just need more members so that we can continue to do the projects or get new projects started," said Wilson.
Anyone who would like to discuss becoming a member can call Wilson at 256-225-0146 or Bell at 256-239-3385.
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When husbands or other friends or family members drop off or bring your kids to Co-op, please go over the parking lot policies with them (including where to park, where not to park, and the one-way traffic pattern). When just dropping off, please pull parallel to the building so you don't have to back-up to leave. In general - I think everyone is doing a fantastic job in the parking lot this year.
Hi all, The parking cones will disappear this week...BUT....the Thursday parking policy is the same as always. You all are doing a great job. Please keep up the good work.
Would there be 2-3 Juniors or Seniors that would be able/willing to be in the parking lot in the morning from about 8:30-9:15 to help direct parking and answer any parking questions? I realize it would mean that they would miss the Assembly Time. I could go over the diagram and directions with them at 8:30 or by phone this evening.
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Classic Four Prong Solitaire Engagement Ring in 18k Yellow Gold4,8 out of 5 (112 Reviews)
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BELFAST troubadour Duke Special wowed the critics with his album Oh Pioneer last year and hits the road next month to give audiences a taste of his euphoric live shows.
The Duke sprinkled more magic on the world with that album and given his usually rapid turnover rate another collection may only be around the corner.
He told the Mail he is enjoying some down time for a change but admitted the March tour is creeping up on him fast.
He said: "Last year was very busy with recording and at the minute I'm enjoying the slight break at home and beginning to do some more writing and working on new projects.
"The idea of doing the tour is something I've not quite got my head round yet.
"When it comes it is very rewarding and is like the final stage of the process of writing songs where you are playing your art in front of people and getting a connection.
"This tour we seem to be doing a few places I've not been to, certainly for a good while, like Aberdeen and Inverness and places I've never been like Barnsley.
"I enjoy going somewhere new and playing in venues with character as that can really enhance the performance."
The Duke will be performing songs from throughout his career during the tour, including tracks from his platinum-selling album Songs From The Deep Forest.
However, he has been working on new material and he said he may include some of these tracks in the set list for the new tour.
He said: "Maybe there will be chance to play some new songs.
"I find though playing live there is one of those weird things where people want to hear songs they know but you want to work in some of the new stuff you are excited about."
The Duke is a hugely creative artist and not just a musician, working on many weird and wonderful projects.
He told the Mail 2013 is a year he hopes to finally master the craft of songwriting, as well as enjoy his first foray into film soundtracks.
He said: "At the minute I'm trying to read as much as I can. I find that inspiring and I'm just trying to keep my radar open and write down little snippets of thoughts and phrases when I can.
"I'm trying to be more of a habitual writer but I'm not a very disciplined person historically and tend to write to deadline or as inspiration grabs me but I want to be more consistent this year.
"Writing is my biggest aspiration this year and I would like to be known as a writer of all kinds of things as I love writing poetry and prose as well as music and I would like to continue with that.
"I would also like to do more collaborations with other art forms. I'm working on a film soundtrack here in Belfast which I have never done before so I'm excited about beginning that process."
Duke Special is performing at The Musician in Leicester on March 5 and The Venue in Lichfield on March 14. See the venues for tickets.


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I looked and looked, but the view at McWay Cove in Julia Pfeiffer State Park did not feel real. The impossible beauty I beheld had to be part of some highly imaginative dream. Or I had been suddenly whisked up to heaven. Since neither of those seemed true, I had to accept the most likely scenario: I had fallen into a screen saver picture.The little cove's rocky cliffs, hills blanked with colorful flowers and 80-foot waterfall that flows into bright turquoise waters is unbelievably gorgeous. I knew I had found my new mental happy place. This breathtaking view stood out among numerous other immaculate vistas along the Big Sur route that goes up the coastal Highway One from Morro Bay to Monterey.The elephant seals agree that this coast is pretty close to paradise. For April and May, the Piedras Blancas beach is covered with hundreds of female and juvenile elephant seals.For a second, I entertained the horrifying idea that the elephant seals laying along the beach may all be dead from their absolute lack of movement. However, I soon learned that these seals were only very, very tired. Apparently months of hunting and giving birth in the ocean really tires you out. They hardly budged except to nestle further in the sand and the occasional sparring (play fighting). Some seals seeking an ocean swim would move a couple of feet toward the water before having to stop and take a short nap before moving again.Along with elephant seals, I spotted harbor seals, sea lions, incredibly cute sea otters and two humpback whales on a whale watching trip in Monterey. The whales became an immediate trip highlight for me, since I had always wanted to see a whale in the wild after watching hours of National Geographic shows on these giant creatures. Watching them play next to the boat and occasionally look at us with curiosity was more than I ever hoped for.Saying goodbye to the coast was difficult, but I took with me the ability to close my eyes and picture McWay Cove any time of day.
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